Clinical simulation: Education for nursing team in the care of patients with nasoenteral tube

Abstract

Objective: to understand Nursing technicians’ perception of clinical simulation as an education methodology in the care of hospitalized patients using nasoenteral tubes. Method: this is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study, conducted with 64 Nursing technicians from a hospital in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, in August and September 2017. An education intervention was carried out through clinical simulations, recorded and transcribed. Content analysis was used for data processing. Results: two categories were established: the potentialities of clinical simulation as an education methodology and the challenges of clinical simulation for the practice of education. Conclusion: Nursing professionals realized the potentialities of the simulation activity and were collaborative and receptive to review care practices in enteral nutritional therapy. Clinical simulation is a promising methodology to be used in continuing education in service.